Hepcidin compared with prohepcidin: An absorbing story

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 475-476

  Frazer, David M ^a   Anderson, Gregory J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FERRITIN; FERROUS SULFATE; HEMOGLOBIN; HEPCIDIN; IRON; PEPTIDE HORMONE; PROHEPCIDIN; TRACER; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

EDITORIAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BINDING; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON STORAGE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY;

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; IRON; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS;

EID: 59649104689     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2008.27232     Document Type: Editorial

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